Posts Tagged ‘sound’

Shoutout: Dan Russell

Dr. Dan Russell is a professor of Physics at Kettering University. His website is a great resource!
He specializes in acoustics (he’s got a degree in piano performance!) and has many activities listed. In one section he discusses the acoustics of baseball bats, while in another part, he provides useful illustrations and demonstrations for teaching acoustics. 
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Corks, Ears, and Eyes, Oh My!

I recently read this question, I’m curious to hear what you think!
Someone (maybe Helmholtz) suggested the following way of thinking about how our eyes and ears interpret light and sound. Imagine that you are standing at the edge of a lake. If you use your eyes, you can get an enormous amount of detailed information [...]

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